The Dallas County Schools superintendent has been charged for his role in receiving more then $3 million in bribe and kickback payments to help secure over $70 million in deals with the district, according to a press release.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced Wednesday that Rickey Dale Sorrells, 62, of Dallas, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.

Signed plea papers were also filed indicating Sorrells’ intent to plead guilty, the release stated.

Sorrells faces up to 20 years in a federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Restitution could also be ordered. An arraignment date has not yet been set.

Dallas County Schools is a county school district founded in 1846 that offers full service and supplemental student transportation services to other government entities, school districts, charter schools and private schools in and around Dallas County, according to its website

According to documents filed in the case:

From 2011 through 2017, the president of a technology company that put cameras on school buses paid Sorrells in excess of $3 million in bribe and kickback payments.

Those payments were made in exchange for favorable official action, including Sorrells’ decision to enter into contracts and licensing agreements on behalf of DCS and to purchase the school bus cameras.

The payments to Sorrells were made through various pass-through companies created and operated by his business associate, as well as through a law firm.

An account in the name of a fake company was created to hide the payments being used for Sorrells’ credit card debt.

To further disguise the bribe and kickback payments, Sorrells received a portion of the payments through shell companies which, at the behest of the tech company president, he created in his or a family member’s name.

Sorrells and others created fake consulting agreements, invoices, real estate business and loan documents in an attempt to obscure the illegal purpose of the payments.

They discussed tying all past payments from the president to Sorrells to the “note,” conspired to have Sorrells begin making payments on the “loan,” after which the president would “recycle” the money back to Sorrells.

They also created a document with a narrative to ensure that they all had their stories straight.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.